It's easiest to see if you go frame-by-frame. Motion tracked area is just below the phone and coffee. ... View more

So, just an addendum to the suggestion from Laffitte Studios... The option-drag option works as long as the mogrt clip in the timeline starts at the beginning of the original mogrt. But, if the clip has been edited, this solution won't remember the edit information. As an example, if an editor has cut 1 second out of the middle of a mogrt lower third (in order to shorten the duration but keep the end animation out), when the colourist tries to relink the mogrt using the option-drag method, the 2nd half of the lower third clip will start at the beginning of the lower third animation again, not half-way through. If you want to keep the original edit points, the mogrts need to be relinked to the Motion Graphics Template Media using the method suggested by wesleypd. ... View more

FYI, the problem was fill effects (whose default colour is red) that were linked by expressions to an external master colour control comp. After exporting the mogrt, those expressions didn't have the master colour effects available for reference and switched to their default red. To fix it, I simply brought the colour control effects into a control layer in the main mogrt comp, and pickwhip relinked the fill effects. ... View more

That was it. All my elements are coloured with fill effects which are linked to brand colours in my colour palette comp.   So the lesson to be learned here is that mogrts can't have expressions that call for information from comps not contained in the mogrt comp.   Thanks! ... View more

So, just to be clear, I should try to simplify the AE comp? ... View more

Did this issue ever get solved? I have created my own motion graphics from scratch. It looks fine in After Effects, but when I bring it into Premiere everything is red. Help!   ... View more

This worked perfectly. Can you explain to me why? Why is the ".value" needed?   Thanks! ... View more

Note: I've tried the following command instead: xyPos[0] = 88   ...and it still gives the same error. ... View more

Thanks! That did it.   Regarding the attachments, I was trying to attach an Illustrator file and an After Effects project file as per @nishu_kush's request. That's what failed and produced that error message. ... View more

Thanks for your response @nishu_kush. I'm attaching simplified versions of both the After Effects file and the Illustrator file. The visibility of the blur on the object in the illustrator file has been tuned off for importing into After Effect, but it's there if you want to see what it originally is supposed to look like.   Here are a couple of screenshots. First Illustrator: Next After Effects: As you can see, the gaussian blur value is the same (18.02), but the bluriness is way different. I've also tried it with the legacy gaussian blur effect.   Thanks! P.S. I get this error when trying to attach the files: ... View more

That's helpful, thanks! But to go even further, what if I want to wiggle the value of a calculated varable? This isn't a real example but just to explain what I mean, this doesn't work:   x=1920; xWig = x.wiggle(); [xWig, 1080]   Apparently you can add ".wiggle()" to a property but not a variable. Is that right? Is there any way around that?   Thanks! ... View more

Bah! What a pain in the a*%! Thanks for the answer. I was so confused. ... View more

I've found a decent solution to this problem for those who have accidentally edited a simple sequence with clips interpreted as stereo, when they really need the audio split. It involves cutting all the clips back into the sequence, but it makes matching the in/out points a single click operation, and allows the editor to zoom through the entire sequence without touching the mouse.   The drawback of this method is that it will restore the clips to their default parameters (levels, effects, etc.). If there are video effects, it's possible to keep the edited video and just replace the audio, but the link between the video and audio will be broken (but it can be relinked if necessary).   Here's a step-by-step:   1) Interpret the relevant source clips as 2-channel mono. 2) Ensure all the clips that you want replaced are on the same video and audio tracks, and that there is one empty audio track immediately below the track with the stereo clips. 3) Set the following commands as conveniently-placed keyboard shortcuts (ideally all next to each other in this order): 1) Mark Clip, 2) Match Frame, 3) Overwrite, and 4) Select Next Panel. 4) Place the Source Monitor panel immediately to the left of the Timeline panel. 5) Make active only those timeline tracks that has the audio (or video and audio to replace both and maintain sync) of clips that you want replaced, and then put the timeline playhead at the first frame of the first clip that you want to replace the audio for. 6) Hit the shortcut for Mark Clip. This will mark in/out points around the first clip. 7) Hit the shortcut for Match Frame. This will bring the clip into the source monitor and mark the matching in/out points. 8) Hit the shortcut for Overwrite. This will replace the stereo clip with the 2-channel mono clip and automatically position the timeline playhead at the start of the next clip. 9) Hit the shortcut for Select Next Panel. This will activate the timeline panel. 10) If all the clips are back-to-back in the timeline, just repeat the four shortcuts (steps 6-9) over and over until all the clips have been replaced. ... View more

This "Release to Layers" trick is the best thing ever. Thank you thank you thank you. ... View more

This is almost a great answer, except it seems you can't precompose with "leave all attributes" when dealing with a shape layer (according to this). ... View more

This is really useful. Every time I install After Effects, I go in to change the default "Lossless with Alpha" settings to the Prores 4444 codec as you described above. I don't understand why Adobe keeps the default settings as ones that no longer work across all platforms when there are alternative settings available. ... View more

That was it! Thanks! ... View more

Strange. I was testing it with a text layer and got the following:   Strangely, while the index number remains 1 for all the effects applied to the top layer (as per the sliders), and you can only get a different random number by changing the seed between generators in the same expression, when you apply the same seed in a different effect you will get a different random number. I don't really understand why that is, but it works. Thanks for your help. ... View more

Hi, since this is marked as the correct answer, I figured you would be the best person to reply to. My audio for other clips with apparently the same panning settings are playing back in stereo. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong with the bars and tone? See screenshots. ... View more